1999 Mercury Grand Marquis won't turn over

I had thought it was my battery at first so I replaced it so next thought was that it was my starter. After having a friend look at it he said it wasn't that and my fuel pump isn't getting any power and the relay wasn't clicking when it should. Any idea what it might be?

20 Answers

as you know the three critical components are Air, Fuel,
spark...compression and timing~ Battery should be NEW, and
the terminals clean...loops clean, and the auxilliary red loop
coming off the red cable needs to be cleaned too...also the
negative terminal has a secondary connection that goes to the
block...be sure that one carries the required 50 amps needed
for starting~ I suspect WEAK battery...get a new one...will have
clean stud terminals...then get new cables too...ain't that much
money~ then with fresh power when you turn the key, if that
doesn't solve your problems...post your problem again~

starter relay is in a goofy canister mounted on the fender~ feelin'
risky, you might take a pliers and imitate the action of this by
shorting the hot and starter Cables...like imitating the goofy ford
starter relay!~ then we'd know for certain this component is faulty!~

this car might have an emergency fuel shutoff (or it might burst
into flames)...maybe located in the trunk...if there...should
be....somethin' can research...right now have no time for
that...but shrooms, LSD, or hallucinigens Trippmeister (with two
p's...Germanic origin) has been a Mechanic? or just a poor guy
who had to become a Mechanic on Acct all the cars were salt-
belt rust buckets that no one wanted any more...the ole Rust-
floor (or fred flintstone) floor...had perhaps 26 of these in my
youth including Beetles squarebacks and dasher...and my
favorite the Quantum~ wish they still existed...but have met with
all kinds of problems with my "expert at all makes and models"
Greenworld, parker+telegraph Sunday mechanic...lotsa tow-
ins...kept me busy for awhile~ and the Trippster, still a
mechanic?

kinda proud of that one...an underground place in
Chicago...thank you very much~ currently on display at the
Compassion Center, Clearlake, CA 95422 on Olympic blvd...one
of my secret galleries that I don't have to pay for....the art house
charges 30/month and three days volunteer time....screw
that...my art is all over this town...people love it~!

you may want to look into a used engine, this might save a
bunch of screwing around with something which is kinda wasted
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had a feeling..cannot begin to tell you the amount of money I've
spent on a motor...new starter, relay battery switch....to discover
that it had a cracked block and was ruined...fortunately there
were tons of datsuns (at the time, at the junkyard bout 5 in
hayward) and put the old motor and transmission in for a couple
of hundred bucks the tranny was a 5 speed instead of a 4 so it
was a step up for me, but you see that link that shows what's up
there...there is a matter of delivery and installation too~ so this
ain't gonna be cheap...sorry~

wow...glad to have met you~ ...and you still have all your fingers
and have not gone blind from brake cleaner spraying you...nor
gotten cancer from washing bearings in the safe-T-kleen
tank...and still you survive...I also had 25 or so cars....clearly
Toyota is the most reliable out there~ hang in there...they won't
let me work anymore because of MS...used to be an
Engineering Drafter~ list is huge~ conveyors for products that
you already use...casers, packagers, Cooling loops and
Cryogenics...Piping for the petrochemical industry...Satcom for
the military~ many damned things...evinrude, briggs and
stratton...these companies still existed in 1987 when I left
Milwaukee for San Francisco Bay area~

What a way to meet :) I'm in SF bay area also. I was an engineer
for a while (industrial). I always thought drafting was great. I'm still
around, even though I painted cars with toxic stuff, also. Sorry for
your condition, must be tough to quit working. I had to have my
neck fused, but I can still play guitar, and crawl under cars. I now
have a Jag to fool around with. You can see some of my cars on
my website, as well as other stuff. www.cwtripp.com

I've listened to your very persuasive sound...all songs
original...like they should be~ my pal Dave Kaffinetti, from spinal
tap (the only actual British) keyboard player with a handkerchief
on his head plays in a band called sez-u and a fellow named
Randy also creates and plays his own songs ONLY...played
along with my bass, but his ear only hears DAVE at the
keyboard~ my only connection to the music industry~ mostly I
like JAZZ more then Country...but each has it's shining stars~

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